ML20236A659
| ML20236A659 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Issue date: | 10/20/1987 |
| From: | Grimsley D NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION & RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (ARM) |
| To: | Divine, Dixon GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20236A662 | List: |
| References | |
| FOIA-84-741, FOIA-84-742 NUDOCS 8710230010 | |
| Download: ML20236A659 (4) | |
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(e INFORMATION ACT (FOIA) REQUEST OCT 2 01987 i
se.e 00 cati sevnestnis, ta aspecaces A40VISTIA PART 1.-RECORDS RELEASED Oft NOT LOCATED ISee checked bonest N3 ogency records ea e-1 to the request have been located.
s No addetonal agenci records subsect to the request have been located.
Agency records subsect to the request that are identWied in Appendu are aheedy evadeb6e for putsc irepoccon and cogning in the NRC P@tc Documart Reem, 1717 H Sweet, N.W., 'J._^-6, DC.
Agency records autgott to Wie request that are identlRed in Appends are bomg rnede evenable for p@ac trapecean and copying in the NRC Public Decwient Room,1717 H Street, N.W., WesNngton, DC, b a folder under ins FOIA number and requester nome.
The nonpropetetary version of the proposel(s) thet you apeed to accept in a teasphone converuseon with a rnomber of my etsff he now being made oveloble for putdic reoscSon and coywig at the NRC PW Docupwnt Room,1717 H Sweet, N W., WaeNngton, DC, m a toider under the FOIA number and <=y==aar name.
Enclosed is informseen an how you mey obtain access to and the charges for copying records pieced in the NRC PutAc Document Room,1717 H Street, N,W., Washeron. ;0.
Agency records subiect to the re@est are enc ny applicab6e charge for copes of the records provided and payment procedures are noted in the comments sec.ca Records s@pect to se roguest have been refened to anoeur Federal agencyiies) for review aruf drect response to you.
In view of NRC's russorse to tNo request, no further ocean is being taken on appeel letter dead PART II.A-INFORMATION WITHHELD FROtt PUSLIC OtSCLOSURE Certain information > the requested records is being w888uld from public disclosure pursuant to the FOIA exemptions descreed h and for the reasons eteted in Port E. sec-tione 8, C, and D. Any vetenced portions of the docunwres for *Nch only part of the record a beme withheld are being made evenstdo for putse inspection and copyvis b
'the NRC Putse Docemme Room,1717 H Street, N.W., Weehington, DC, in a folder under tPm FOLA number and requester name.
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PAAT 115-AM LICABLI FOtA EXEM#TIONS Recorde subpect to the request that are descnbod ri tv enclosed Appendices __
are being withheW r Nr entirety or in part undes FOIA
. E.skfnptions and for the reasons set forth below pu% ant to 5 U.S C. 562(b) and @CFR 9 5(a) of NRC Regulations he wthheid anformoeon is property ciaestfed pu se-to Esecutrve Order 12366 (UEMPDON 1) r 1.
- 2. Tru wthheid informoeon relates sosety to the ete-a wionnel rulee and procedures of NRC. IEXEMPTION 2) 3f The wethheld informeeon as specifica#y saarmted %r* Dublic esck>sure by statute rakated. (EXEMPTION 3)
Sectson 141146 of the Atomic Erwyr Act whch pnretts the dectosure of Restrsted Data or Formerly Restncted Data 4 U S.C. 21612185L
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Socison 147 of the Atomic Energy Act wM promessa the declosure of Unclassmed Seseguards informaten (42 U.S.C. 215D IfM
- 4. The weddisid informseen is a trade escret or commeruel or ibancial 'iformation that is bems wthheid for the reason (s) irh (EXEMPTION di r
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f The infonsstion is consusered to be propretary r4ce-isten pursuant to 10 CFR 2 790ic41).
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g The bdermselon was submrtied and recaned b cortliesnoe from a foreign source purement to 10 CFR 2.7901d)(2).
S. he w4thheld beorrreten consists of intsregency or ' itrangency records that are not asetable through discovery litigenen. th+==e of predecisional informenon r
sudd tered to hetiket the open end frert enchange of senes samentel to the delibermane pocess. Where records are et Wuse entirety, the facts are inextncabey owbied odsh the
' . informselon. These alue are no eenoor esgregshie ischael portions because the roleses of the Sects would permit an wt bguery treo time pr=*==~sel precome of the agency. IEXEMPT
- 0. The wetabeld informanon is exempted from pubesc hve because its disclosure would result in a dearty unwarranted invason cif personal privscy, (EXEMPTION 6)
- 7. The w4thes$ biormet' n coreists of irwestigotory escor'as cormoed for law enforcer wr e purposes and is being withheld for the reasonte) indicated. (EXEMPTION h u
W n,an.ve muld rerfere wth an enforcement proceeding because it could revest the scope dwoction, and focus of enforcement efforts, and thus could possesy asoc them no tehe action to shasad poisritie wrongdoing or a violation of NRC requvements from investigators IEXEMWTION 7(A))
Doctosure would corwtitute an unwerrented invasor of personal pnvecy IEXEMPTION 7tCil "n,
The ' dormenon coresits of nemos of sidenduals anc other reformation the declosure of whch would reveal identitwo of confidential sources. (EXEMPTION 7(OH e
PART ll.C-DENY 1180 OFFICIALS Pursuant to 10 C7M $J andler 9.15 of the U.S. Nucisar Reposeary Canrrussen roguentions, it les been determined that the information suhtund is esempt from production or deciosure.
and that its production or deciosure is contrary to the putec rarest. The persons responstne ear the densel are those officials identrFed beow as denying omciels and the Derector.
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ua September 13, 1984 N OF INF0Wg Director ACT REQ of fice of Administration h M UES.g f. g {)
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C.
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'd 9 et To Whom It May Concern Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 9552,- the covernment Accountability Project (CAP) requests copies of any and all agency records and information, including but not limited to notes, letters, memoranda, drafts, minutes, diaries, logs, calendars, tapes, transcripts, summaries, interview reports, procedures, instructions, files, graphs, engineering analyses, charts, maps, photographs, agreements, handwritten notes, studies, data sheets, notebooks, books, telephone messages, computations, voice recordings, and any.other records relevant to and/or generated in connection with the interim directors' decision under 10 C.F.R. 2.206 in response to July 27,1984. July 29,1984, July 30,1984, l
and July 31, 1984 petitions filed under 10 C.F.R. 2.206 on behalf of Timothy O'Neill and James McDermott.. We request that each responsive document be indenti-fled by the allegation number (s) to which it may relate.
If any of the materials covered by this request have been destroyed and/or removed, please provide all surrounding documentation, including but not limited to a description of the action (s) taken, relevant date(s), and justification (s) for I
the action (s).
GAP requests that fees be waived, because " findings information can be considered as primarily benefitting the general public," 5 U.S.C. 8552(a)(4)(A). CAP is a J
non-profit, non-partisan public interest organization concerned with honest and open government. Through legal representation, advice, national conferences, films, publications and public outreach, the project promotes whistleblowers as agents of government accountability. We are requesting the above information as part of an oe-going monitoring project on the adequacy of the NRC's efforts to protect public safety and health at nuclear power plants.
For any documents or portions that you deny due to the specific FOIA exemption, please provide an index itemising and describing the documents or portions of documents withheld. The index sh3uld provide a detailed justification of your grounds for claiming each exemption, explaining why such exemption is relevant to the document or portion of the document withheld. This index is requiredunder Vaughn v.. Rosen(I), 484 F.2d 820 (D.C. Cir.1973), cert. denied, 415 U.S. 977 (1974)
We look forwsrd to your response to this request within ten days.
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